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RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN, HEADACHE AND LIMB PAINS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
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The prevalence of recurrent abdominal pain, headache, and growing pains has been investigated in an eight-year long longitudinal study on the basis of a nonselected population of school children. The prevalence of these pains was 14.4%, 20.6%, and 15.5%, respectively. Abdominal pain seems to reach a maximum at 9 years of age and headache about three years later. All three sorts of pain show a declining frequency toward adulthood. The ultimate prognosis appears to be dubious. An inquiry into the families of children with and without recurrent pain shows that these pains are part of a reaction pattern in families with an exceptional pain proneness.
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- Authors
- Øster, J.
- Affiliations
- Regional Hospital Randers (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Øster, Jakob
- Venue
- PEDIATRICS
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Published
- 1972-09-01
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 429-436
- ISSN
- 0031-4005 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-4275
- OpenAlex
- W1828286474
- Cited by
- 332
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 3.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- PEDIATRICS (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Migraine and Headache Studies
- Keywords
- recurrent abdominal pain, headache, growing pains, limb pain, prevalence, children, adolescents, longitudinal study, family history (medicine), prognosis
- MeSH terms
- Abdomen, Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Denmark, Extremities, Female, Headache, Humans, Male, Pain, Prognosis, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Recurrence, School Health Services, Sex Factors
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